What are the main problems in the management of rural cooperatives in Southern Brazil?

JB Brandão, R Breitenbach - Land use policy, 2019 - Elsevier
… In the case of agricultural cooperatives, there are different … , particularly if the cooperative
member is committed to participating … Democratic management by the partners aims toward the …

Building the managerial capital of agricultural cooperatives in Africa

GN Francesconi, F Wouterse - … of Public and Cooperative …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
… In Section 3, we illustrate these growth problems using casedemocratic control by their
members and maintain their autonomy. … to members who committed to selling collectively. These …

An integrated conceptual framework for the study of agricultural cooperatives: from repolitisation to cooperative sustainability

R Ajates - Journal of Rural Studies, 2020 - Elsevier
… models away from economic democracy and toward IOF … commitment to ACs are being
reported, both from members of … In the case of ACs, I argue that this multifaceted character is …

Conflict, fraud, and distrust in Ethiopian agricultural cooperatives

KT Sebhatu, TW Gezahegn, T Berhanu… - … and Management, 2020 - Elsevier
… We refer to fraud as internal or occupational fraud committed by someone within the cooperative.
… In our case, the schedule of meetings varied between cooperatives; for example, large …

A review of the empirical literature on farmer cooperatives: Performance, ownership and governance, finance, and member attitude

J Grashuis, Y Su - Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
member heterogeneity and its impact on commitment and … join cooperatives is often to
improve farm-gate prices in case … in the democratic governance of the cooperative. Using the …

Examining commitment, heterogeneity and social capital within the membership base of agricultural co-operatives—A conceptual framework

D Apparao, E Garnevska, N Shadbolt - … Organization and Management, 2019 - Elsevier
… For example, with the case of commitment, articles that were … aspects of member commitment
in agricultural co-operatives. … members, low involvement, weak democratic governance, …

Agricultural cooperatives and farm sustainability–A literature review

A Candemir, S Duvaleix… - Journal of Economic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
… Thus, cooperatives cover a large part of the agricultural sectors, and … Cooperative values
such as democratic decision-making, … commitment. The authors show that the adoption of new …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the inclusiveness of producer cooperatives

J Bijman, G Wijers - Current opinion in environmental sustainability, 2019 - Elsevier
… producer cooperatives are bottom-up, grass root, democratic … it also reduces member
commitment, such as commitment to … In a comparison of two cases of smallholder that were linked …

Social networks and member participation in cooperative governance

C Morfi, J Nilsson, K Hakelius, K Karantininis - Agribusiness, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
democracy by having discussions with other members, … The length of membership and the
commitment of these farmers were … In cases of power-games, such as in cooperative elections, …

Corporate governance as a key aspect in the failure of worker cooperatives

I Basterretxea, C Cornforth… - … industrial democracy, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
… and governance might have contributed to the firm’s bankruptcy. The case study
examines how the cooperative … indicator of memberscommitment, apathy, and lack of co-responsibility. …